Political activist in the 1960's and 70's. Born in Ingelheim. He founded the movement Kommune I, Germany's first politically oriented commune and garnered publicity with his "Spaßguerilla" tactics--throwing "bombs" of pudding at Vice President Hubert Humphrey during a state visit. He considered politics theater and thought the "audience" had a right to react accordingly. He was arrested and held for six months for his part in a protest against the Shah of Iran in 1967, but was acquitted and released. The Kommune I group expelled him, and he joined the Bewegung 2 Juni (Movement of June 2nd). As a member of this group, he spent two years in prison for his role in the firebombing of a courthouse in Munich. A few years later he spent five years in prison for the kidnapping of German CDU politician Peter Lorenz. He had a solid alibi but said he served the time to protest the flawed German legal system. Teufel eventually broke with the radical left and lived for a time in London. He returned to Berlin, wrote occasional articles for the Tageszeitung, a Berlin newspaper, and died there of Parkinson's disease.
Political activist in the 1960's and 70's. Born in Ingelheim. He founded the movement Kommune I, Germany's first politically oriented commune and garnered publicity with his "Spaßguerilla" tactics--throwing "bombs" of pudding at Vice President Hubert Humphrey during a state visit. He considered politics theater and thought the "audience" had a right to react accordingly. He was arrested and held for six months for his part in a protest against the Shah of Iran in 1967, but was acquitted and released. The Kommune I group expelled him, and he joined the Bewegung 2 Juni (Movement of June 2nd). As a member of this group, he spent two years in prison for his role in the firebombing of a courthouse in Munich. A few years later he spent five years in prison for the kidnapping of German CDU politician Peter Lorenz. He had a solid alibi but said he served the time to protest the flawed German legal system. Teufel eventually broke with the radical left and lived for a time in London. He returned to Berlin, wrote occasional articles for the Tageszeitung, a Berlin newspaper, and died there of Parkinson's disease.
Bio by: K. C. Mellem
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